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phase out

VERB
slowly get rid of
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At the same time, the government will begin to phase out some longstanding student-loan repayment plans and launch a new one starting in July.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Under the Ryder's Law bill, the city would not issue any more carriage licenses and phase out the rides over two years.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

The administration declared the company a U.S. supply-chain risk as a result of the blowup and ordered U.S. agencies to phase out the use of its products.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

The deal would effectively nationalize an industry Belgium had spent years trying to phase out.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The one that could apparently phase out almost any electromagnetic frequency up to about a hundred thousand megacycles—including sixty-cycle power frequencies—was considered to be a particularly cute item.

From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall




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